There is a custom to eat "milchigs"
on Shavuos. Pharaoh's daughter drew Moshe out of the water on
the 6th of Sivan, and he was willing to be nursed only by a Hebrew
woman. Therefore we recall Moshe's merit on Shavuos by eating
milk foods. Furthermore, the numerical values of the letters
of the Hebrew word chalav (milk) add up to 40 corresponding
to the 40 days Moshe spent on Mount Sinai.

The events occurred during the harvest season.
Shavuos is the harvest festival.

Ruth was a convert to Judaism. Conversion is
an individual Kabbalas HaTorah.

Ruth the Moabite was permitted to marry Boaz,
based on a drasha (a teaching of the Oral Law) of the verse,
"A Moabite may not marry into the Congregation of Hashem"
(Devarim 23:4). This hints at the unity between the Written
Torah and the Oral Torah.

David Hamelech was born on Shavuos. The Megillah
of Ruth concludes with David's lineage.

To teach the greatness of gemillus chassadim
- acts of loving-kindness.

To teach that the Torah is acquired only through
affliction and poverty.

The name "Ruth" has the numerical value
of 606. At Har Sinai the Jewish People accepted 606 mitzvos,
in addition to the 7 Noachide Laws which were incumbent upon them
already.

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